World Values Survey 2006, Wave 5
United States, 2006
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- WV5_Data_United_States_2006_Spss_v20180912
Social class (subjective) (V252)
Data file: WV5_Data_United_States_2006_Spss_v20180912
Overview
Valid:
1182
Invalid:
67
Minimum:
1
Maximum:
5
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
706
End:
707
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 5
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
V252. People sometimes describe themselves as belonging to the working class, the middle class, or the upper or lower class. Would you describe yourself as belonging to the :
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Upper class | 11 |
0.9%
|
| 2 | Upper middle class | 330 |
27.9%
|
| 3 | Lower middle class | 412 |
34.9%
|
| 4 | Working class | 354 |
29.9%
|
| 5 | Lower class | 75 |
6.3%
|
| -5 | Missing; Unknown | 48 | |
| -4 | Not asked | 0 | |
| -3 | Not applicable | 0 | |
| -2 | No answer | 19 | |
| -1 | Don´t know | 0 |
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.
Interviewer instructions
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